Legislating for same-sex marriage will reflect changing face of families

THE insidious subtext of the argument against same-sex marriage is that children, currently being raised by gay and lesbian couples, are harmed by the experience.

The speed at which conservative commentators have rushed to undermine the result of Constitutional Convention, which overwhelming voted in favour of same-sex marriage at the weekend, is instructive.

Arming himself with as much rhetorical mud as he could muster, Senator Ronan Mullen said the debate was a “flawed process” in which conniving politicians had tricked unsuspecting delegates into voting in favour of the proposition.